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Vladimir Guerrero returns from a four-game absence and hit two home runs, leading the Los Angeles Angels past the Orioles, 10-5, Tuesday night. | 1Sports |
Made more money licensing MP3 player patent than selling MP3 players
You can see now why Creative Technology's now so pro-iPod - last month it announced a range of 'Made for iPod'-branded accessories . Its latest financial results, posted last night, show a massive upswing in revenues thanks, we'd say, to Apple's move... | 3Sci/Tech |
Rob Chermesino's college-educated friends went into finance and sales. His fiance is a meeting planner. Chermesino picked up a wrench. | 2Business |
With the PGA Tour's major championships concluded for 2004, we look for other story lines to sustain the golf season. The back nine: ... | 1Sports |
The US dollar hit a record low against the euro and a nearly five-year low versus the yen after a mainland business newspaper appeared at first glance to confirm the market's worst fears - that China was dumping US Treasuries. | 2Business |
A probe begins into whether a missile downed an RAF Hercules plane in Iraq, with the loss of up to 15 lives. | 0World |
General Motors Corp., the world's biggest carmaker, will cut as many as 12,000 jobs in Europe, almost a fifth of its workforce in the region, after $3 billion in losses in the past four years. | 0World |
(Source: Computerworld) Antivirus software alone isnt enough to prevent todays speedy, sophisticated virus attacks. Security managers should consider multitiered approaches that include behavior scanning, appliances that check e-mail for worms, and estricting user access to dangerous Web sites. Download this Executive... | 3Sci/Tech |
Champion jockey Kieren Fallon and colleagues Fergal Lynch and Darren Williams are due back in action after their arrests over allegations of race-fixing. | 1Sports |
AP - Sue Bird had 10 points and 14 assists a day after having surgery on her broken nose, and the Seattle Storm advanced to the WNBA finals with an 82-62 win over the Sacramento Monarchs in Game 3 of the Western Conference finals Tuesday night. | 1Sports |
Blog: CNET News.com's Charles Cooper says the fuzzy acceptance of "conversational marketing" is leading to confusion among blog readers. Isn't it time to set down clear rules of the road? | 3Sci/Tech |
TAIPEI : Taiwan Foreign Minister Mark Chen has lashed out at Singapore over remarks by the Republic's own Foreign Minister George Yeo at the United Nations. | 0World |
Reuters - Sirius Satellite Radio Inc.
on Thursday named former Viacom Inc. President Mel
Karmazin as its chief executive, in the latest migration of a
mainstream radio heavyweight to the fledgling satellite
industry. | 2Business |
Reuters - J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. said
on Wednesday it was canceling a $5 billion outsourcing deal
with IBM Corp., and planned to rehire about 4,000
workers who had been transferred to IBM under the pact. | 2Business |
A patent dispute challenged Blockbusterâs entry into online DVD rental. The company also signaled that the new business was taking a toll on its finances. | 3Sci/Tech |
It was the final of the forgotten. Those who raced it, this weirdest of women's 100-metres dashes, were a largely unknown lot; the winner, Yuliya Nesterenko, ran into history from the comfortable starting blocks of near-total anonymity. | 1Sports |
AP - A Canadian U.N. official who advised the Afghan government on eradicating opium poppy crops was granted amnesty by Dubai Monday, six months after being sentenced to four years in prison on a drug smuggling conviction. | 0World |
Retired running back Ricky Williams has no immediate plans to resume his NFL career with the Dolphins, his attorney said. | 1Sports |
The Intel rival known for its Athlon PC and Opteron server processors announced on Tuesday plans to tap Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, a contract manufacturer, for extra chip-production capacity. | 3Sci/Tech |
In the macho world of the Pentagon, Darleen A. Druyun was rare: a woman who had scaled the heights of power, controlled billions of dollars in weapons programs and could punish or reward global corporations and the men who ran them. | 2Business |
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals is expected to announce on Monday that it has signed deals with two private equity firms. | 2Business |
AFP - Iraq's government has made laudable efforts to stabilize the economy but progress remains hostage to the worsening violence, the International Monetary Fund said. | 2Business |
Even as she plays the role of cultural ambassador, Yoko Ono has fought fiercely to protect the sanctity of her home. | 0World |
The National Hockey League Players' Association closed ranks yesterday, but in doing so brought the season closer to cancellation. | 1Sports |
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Feb. 16 -- Scott Moore's only extended professional experience in the outfield came at Class AAA Iowa, where he played about 20 games as a Chicago Cubs farmhand. But on Saturday, Moore could be found fighting the South Florida sunshine and shagging fly balls during batting ... | 1Sports |
Rubens Barrichello of Brazil has grabbed the pole position for Sunday's Formula One Chinese Grand Prix auto race in Shanghai. He averaged 208. | 1Sports |
Also: The truth about shopping engines. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra. | 3Sci/Tech |
In 1976, Renault Sport was established in Viry-Châtillon 20km south of Paris. Since 1992, this factory has been Renaultâs F1 engine development arm. | 1Sports |
The housing market has peaked but is not heading into the abyss, analysts said today, as figures showed property price falls for the fourth consecutive month. | 2Business |
AP - President Bush's former political director says she intends to follow his directive and not answer questions about her role in the administration's firing of federal prosecutors — unless a court directs her to defy her former boss. | 0World |
AFP - "Jimi at the Marquee." | 0World |
Microsoft has announced an expansion of its MSN Music Store, adding eight new countries to bring the total number covered to 17. The enlargement, says Microsoft, is a significant challenge to Apple, who recently | 3Sci/Tech |
Free Internet-based phone calls are the newest feature of the popular Kazaa file-sharing program. The offering, in a software upgrade this week, comes as Kazaa's maker, Sharman | 3Sci/Tech |
AFP - The Red Cross warned Friday that a massive aid effort is needed to cope with floods in 18 countries across Africa that have already affected at least 1.5 million people and killed nearly 300. | 0World |
Will deals among the manufacturers of flat-panel displays lead to slower price declines of L.C.D. televisions? Donât count on it. | 3Sci/Tech |
IBM Corp. plans to announce today that it has built the world's fastest supercomputer at one of its facilities in Rochester, Minn. | 2Business |
Leonel Fernandez was sworn in as the Dominican Republic's president Monday, returning to power after four years out of office to lead a nation struggling through its worst economic crisis in decades. | 0World |
Dejan Stankovic and Christian Vieri scored in a two-minute spell early in the second half Wednesday to help Inter Milan rout Valencia by 5-1 in a Champions League Group G game. | 1Sports |
Royal & Sun Alliance, Britain's second-largest insurance company, is planning to shift over 1,100 jobs to India as a part of its cost-cutting exercise. | 2Business |
( InfoWorld ) - Google has released a customized version of Microsoft's Internet Explorer 7 (IE 7) browser  in which Google, not Windows Live Search, is the default search engine.
Google's customized version of IE 7 can be downloaded from this Web site.
In addition to using Google as the default search engine, Goog... | 3Sci/Tech |
LONDON (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell Plc posted a 2.6 percent rise in underlying quarterly profits on Thursday, beating analysts' forecasts, thanks to higher production and strong oil prices. | 2Business |
Fannie Mae's board of directors may have found it hard to get rid of the company's top two executives, but a difficult job remains in navigating the transition to the next senior management team. | 2Business |
The Australian Government has welcomed the arrests of four key suspects in the bombing of Australia's embassy in Jakarta in September. | 0World |
The rate hasnât changed since last June, and the Federal Reserve signaled that it will hold steady for some time. | 0World |
YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK. May 30 (Interfax) - The largest number of crimes in the fishing sector, as well as rampant corruption, in the Far East have been uncovered in the Primorsky Territory, the Kamchatsk and Sakhalin regions, deputy Prosecutor General Yury Gulyagin said. | 3Sci/Tech |
Quarterback Tim Couch, the top pick in the 1999 NFL draft, was cut Sunday by the Green Bay Packers, who hoped he'd be an upgrade over Doug Pederson as Brett Favre's primary backup. | 1Sports |
Charles Giancarlo, 50, resigns as chief development officer at Cisco Systems, saying the timing would never be right for him to succeed John Chambers as CEO. | 3Sci/Tech |
NEW YORK (Reuters) - More consumers are planning to spend less this holiday season than a year ago, according to a survey released on Tuesday that adds a fresh note of caution to what is shaping up to be a ho-hum holiday shopping season. | 2Business |
Description: Fannie Mae, the nation's largest source of financing for home mortgages, faces accusations of pervasive accounting problems. | 2Business |
By Schmelzer, Randi NORTH FACE, LEXUS, ST. REGIS PR TEAM: The North Face (San Leandro, CA), Lexus (Torrance, CA). St. | 3Sci/Tech |
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Sony BMG will pay $750,000 in
penalties and costs and reimburse California consumers whose
computers were harmed by anti-piracy software on some CDs sold
by the record company, California officials said on Tuesday. | 3Sci/Tech |
By Valarie Potell, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson Feb. 6--Dan Duncan works all day and helps fight AIDS at night -- or at least his computer does. | 3Sci/Tech |
Five Indiana Pacers players and three fans charged in one of the most violent melees in NBA history appeared in court yesterday in Rochester Hills, Mich. -- each at a separate hearing. All were released on bond. The Pacers players, charged with misdemeanor assault and battery in the brawl with Detroit fans at The Palac... | 1Sports |
SALT LAKE CITY, (Sports Network) - The Jazz announced Tuesday that the club will retire John Stockton's No. 12 on November 22, 2004, when Utah hosts the New Orleans Hornets. | 1Sports |
The weather played havoc with the U.S. Open schedule Wednesday, but it did not affect Lindsay Davenport, who rolled to a quarterfinal victory over Shinobu Asagoe. | 1Sports |
Australia's largest steelmaker BlueScope is to build three manufacturing plants in India, as part of an ongoing expansion across Asia. | 2Business |
The young running back packed his bags for one weekend, because that's all the Patriots promised him. | 1Sports |
Over the years, confrontations with drivers have done nothing but reinforce Kurt Buschâs bad-boy reputation. But Ryan Newman had Busch to thank for his Daytona 500 victory on Sunday. | 1Sports |
An exodus of job-seekers heading to Alberta's 'oil patch' forces eastern Canada to import workers. | 0World |
Kenya's environmentalist Wangari Maathai said Friday that she feels "very excited" to win the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize and pledges to continue to plant the seeds of peace with her fellow Kenyans. | 0World |
AP - He points, he pivots, he barks out more orders than a coffee shop waiter at lunchtime. When Peyton Manning is running the show for the Indianapolis Colts, it's difficult to decipher if he is performing magic or just blowing smoke. | 1Sports |
AP - Mexican police said Saturday they had broken up a vote-buying scheme in Chiapas on the eve of state elections, which will be closely watched in a country already straining under the turmoil of a disputed presidential election last month. | 0World |
LONDON (Reuters) - The euro EUR= made a renewed attempt to test the key psychological level of $1.30 on Tuesday, but lacked fundamental impetus and eased back after data showed a dollar-friendly improvement in U.S. net capital inflows. | 2Business |
Blog: Put sound on your maps with Wild Sanctuary | 3Sci/Tech |
AP - Even though he grew up hundreds of miles away, a young Bob Stoops was intrigued by the rivalry. In Chicago, Bill Callahan was watching, too. | 1Sports |
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks to watch on Friday: UNIVISION COMMUNICATIONS INC. UVC.N : The Spanish-language broadcaster forecast earnings below Wall Street expectations. | 2Business |
Reuters - French President Jacques Chirac told
reporters an Iran that possessed one or two nuclear weapons
would not pose much of a danger and then retracted many of his
comments, the International Herald Tribune said on Thursday. | 0World |
Let us hope that the ruling from State District Judge John Dietz is the first nail in the coffin of the Robin Hood school finance plan. | 2Business |
Boeing Capital Corp., the finance unit of aircraft maker and aerospace defense systems provider Boeing Co., said Thursday that the recent agreements reached on its claims against insolvent Hawaiian Airlines will not affect the company's earnings or cash | 2Business |
Churches in north-east India are to hold special services after blasts and gun attacks killed at least 56 people. | 0World |
The back-to-school season is always one of Apple's most important quarters of the year. Buzz is building that the company won't let the season pass by without a new iMac. From Crave, CNET's gadgets blog. | 3Sci/Tech |
Reuters - New orders for U.S.-made durable
goods tumbled an unexpectedly large 4.8 percent in April on
drops in orders for civilian aircraft and computer and
electronic products, a government report showed on Wednesday. | 2Business |
Few service providers are stepping forward to assist businesses with mobile services, according to an IDC survey. | 3Sci/Tech |
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, who collapsed from exhaustion and dehydration after suffering lung and sinus infections, will leave the hospital soon, his doctor said | 0World |
AFP - Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem said that Damascus values dialogue with Washington in a meeting with visiting US Senator Arlen Specter on Saturday, official media reported. | 0World |
"I still trust in my abilities and if the Yankees trade me, they'll regret it," Vazquez told the Puerto Rican newspaper La Perla del Sur in yesterday's editions. | 1Sports |
The Bangladeshi government Thursday decided to seek help from International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) to investigate the Aug. 21 grenade attackon opposition | 0World |
AFP - The latest opinion polls ahead of Australian elections next month sent contradictory messages with one survey giving the opposition Labor Party a big lead and a second tipping the conservative coalition of Prime Minister John Howard. | 0World |
TULSA, Okla. - Saint Francis Hospital, a Tulsa heart-care center, announced on Monday that with the aid of GE Healthcare it has installed of a new information technology system to handle hospital files. | 3Sci/Tech |
By Jonathan B. Cox,Economic incentives are again in the spotlight after Google was promised as much as $260 million in tax breaks and other perks to create 210 jobs. | 3Sci/Tech |
Australian Prime Minister John Howard expects to hold talks on anti-terrorism cooperation with Indonesia's President-elect Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono next month. | 0World |
The final version of Vista SP1 kills the Kill Switch, and adds many under-the-hood improvements -- but on at least one system, file copying is actually slower. | 3Sci/Tech |
Cocoa traders face a volatile week as unrest in the Ivory Coast threatens to disrupt supplies from the world's biggest producer. | 2Business |
Reuters - Voting activists on Wednesday
enlisted computer experts, a trained monkey and a man on a
hunger strike in a last-minute pitch to convince officials to
improve the security of electronic vote-counting systems. | 3Sci/Tech |
Ask yourself why the satellite radio star is taking on more debt. | 2Business |
THE creation of the worldâs biggest building materials company is on course after Britainâs RMC group agreed to be bought by Mexican rival Cemex, currently the third-biggest cement maker worldwide, for £2. | 2Business |
No. 5 Texas (4-0) vs. No. 2 Oklahoma (4-0): Noon today, Dallas. TV: None in immediate Pittsburgh area, though it will be televised on WYTV (Youngstown) and WATM (Johnstown). | 1Sports |
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto denied today that she had struck a deal with President Gen. Pervez Musharraf to secure her husbandâs freedom, but said leaders from her opposition party had | 0World |
Russian President Vladimir Putin told President Bush on Monday that Russian oil companies were boosting production as well as exports and would continue to do so. | 2Business |
Reuters - T-Mobile USA, the U.S. wireless unit
of Deutsche Telekom AG (DTEGn.DE), does not expect to offer
broadband mobile data services for at least the next two years,
its chief executive said on Thursday. | 3Sci/Tech |
washingtonpost.com - Congress yesterday cleared the way to keep access to the Internet largely free from taxes for the next three years, breaking a year-long deadlock. | 3Sci/Tech |
As expected, it was another great quarter for Apple, with Mac shipments leading the way as the company sold more than a million iPhones. | 3Sci/Tech |
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Thursday delivered a stinging blow to the anti-piracy efforts of major movie studios and music companies, ruling that several major online file-sharing software companies are not liable for copyright infringement. | 2Business |
Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have grown more quickly than expected, say scientists. | 0World |
AP - Repression is increasing in Cuba under the control of Raul Castro, and the domination of the government by his brother, Fidel, is nearing an end, Bush administration officials said Tuesday. | 0World |
Concerns have been raised about a plan to build three footbridges as part of safe routes to school. One could be built across the River Ebbw at Newbridge, another across a railway line and the third over a water course, all close to Newbridge Leisure Centre. | 3Sci/Tech |
AP - Mike Ribeiro and Brenden Morrow each had a goal and an assist, and the Dallas Stars beat the San Jose Sharks 4-2 Saturday. | 1Sports |
Reuters - Ford Motor Co. on Tuesday posted
its first monthly sales gain since January as its light trucks
business stabilized after a downturn that forced an accelerated
restructuring at the No. 2 U.S. automaker. | 2Business |
A race for the ages is in prospect at next year's Helsinki world championships if three of the world's great runners stay fit, healthy and focused. | 1Sports |
AP - Hank Aaron wants no part of Barry Bonds. With Bonds closing in on the career home run record, Aaron attended a news conference Thursday at the spot where his 755th and final home run landed in 1976. | 1Sports |
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